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JAMES S. RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL
WEEKLY LISTSERV – Week of March 4th
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Mr. Douglas Cook Principal |
Dear
Parents, Guardians, and Students,
We have had a busy week here at JSRHS!! We honored retired educator Mrs. Maggie Lewis-Butler. Our new science building is named in her honor. Mrs. Lewis-Butler was a dedicated Leon
County Schools Science Educator and Board Member for many years. We are thankful for her contributions to James S. Rickards High School, Leon County Schools, and the Tallahassee-Leon County Community!
Lastly, today we celebrated over 500 Honor Roll students with a luncheon! Students enjoyed a delicious meal, danced the lunch period away and spent time with friends as a reward for
their hard work and dedication to their education. Students, we salute you!
As we enter the final week of the third nine weeks, please encourage your students to remain focused on their goals and finish STRONG!
Expect great things from the Raiders! Sincerely, Mr. Douglas Cook, Principal
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Dr. Deborah G. Barnes Assistant Principal of Curriculum
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Dr. J. Williams IB Coordinator |
International Baccalaureate Program To All IB Parents and Guardians: Here are the phone numbers and email addresses where you can reach our IB Administrative Team: Dr. Joe Williams, IB Coordinator (850-414-5036)
[log in to unmask] Mrs. E. Melissa Cooper, AP Coordinator and Assistant IB Coordinator (850-414-5005)
[log in to unmask] Mrs. Victoria Williams, IB Academic Dean (850-414-5597)
[log in to unmask] Congratulations to IB Seniors Navya Kommu and Laxmi McGuire for advancing to the finalist stage in the National Merit Scholarship competition!
We wish both these amazing young women the best of luck in the final round of the competition. Congratulations to IB Junior Nishi Nandineni for being selected as a delegate to Florida Girls State!
We are proud of her and are sure she will represent us well in this prestigious summer program. Current Draft of AP and IB Exam Chart Attached:
Please see the attached most current draft of the combined AP and IB Exam Schedule. Approved resolutions of IB Exam conflicts for individual students are highlighted on this chart. If your IB student has a schedule
conflict between any IB and AP Exams – or between any AP Exams and an EOC, FAST, or other mandatory statewide assessment – please notify both Mrs. E. Melissa Cooper and Dr. Williams by email as soon as possible so we can schedule your student for a Late AP
Exam. Late AP Exams are only offered through specific guidelines from Collegeboard and with permission from Mrs. E. Melissa Cooper, our AP Coordinator.
2023 IB Diplomas and Transcripts are in:
The 2023 IB Diplomas and IB Transcripts have arrived from Cardiff, Wales, UK. 2023 IB graduates or their parents can pick them up from Dr. Williams in the front office at Rickards. Please email or call ahead so Dr.
Williams can leave your IB Diploma and/or IB Transcript at the front office for you, in case he is not available when you come to campus. |
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Congratulations to Rickards’ Dance Marathon for raising over $11K for the Children’s Miracle Network!
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Bottle Rocket WINNERS! Congratulations to Bryan Molina-Recinos and Mason Green!
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Ms. J. Goodman Testing Coordinator |
Testing Announcements Please review the attached
updated Spring Testing Schedule. ****************************************
Let’s Get Ready for the
School Day
SAT! Who takes this test?
All 12th graders who have not met graduation requirements. All 11th grade students. This test is free of charge. The SAT will be given on school issued Chromebooks this year! An SAT Preview and a full-length practice test are available in the Collegeboard’s new testing application, Bluebook. In order to access it, students will need their
School Chromebook and a Collegeboard account. Seniors will test on March 20 and Juniors will test on April 10. |
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Mrs. V. Williams IB Academic Dean |
Please see the attached most recent list of scholarships and information regarding the Alexander Boyd Memorial Scholarship. |
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Coach Hankerson Athletic Director |
Raiders Athletics
Congratulations to the Raiders Track Team for their performance last Saturday at the Jesse Forbes Invitational Track Meet.
Raiders Athletics-Weeks of March 4th and March 11th
Monday, March 4, 2024 Lady Raiders Baseball vs. JPII, 6:00pm Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Raiders Track & Field @ Chiles, 3:00am Freshman/Sophomore Meet Raiders Tennis @ Madison, 3:30pm Raiders Weightlifting @ Godby, 3:30pm Raiders Baseball vs. Aucilla, 4:30pm VARSITY ONLY Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Raiders Baseball vs. Suwannee, 6:00pm Thursday, March 7, 2024 Raiders Tennis @ Lincoln, 3:30pm Raiders Weightlifting vs. Leon , 3:30pm Lady Raiders Beach Volleyball vs. JPII, 4:00pm Lady Raiders Flag Football vs. Lincoln, 5:30pm Lady Raiders Softball vs. FAMU DRS, 6:00pmVarsity Raiders Baseball vs. Jefferson County, 7:00pm Varsity Friday, March 8, 2024 Lady Raiders Flag Football, TBD, Capital City Classic Raiders Track & Field @ Godby, 3:00pm Raiders JV Baseball @ Wakulla Christian, 5:00pm Varsity Saturday, March 9, 2024 Lady Raiders Flag Football, TBD, Capital City Classic Monday, March 11, 2024 Raiders Baseball @ Lincoln, JV 4:30pm / Varsity 7:00pm Tuesday, March 12, 2024 Raiders Baseball @ Arnold, 5:00pm VARSITY ONLY Wednesday, March 13, 2024 NO EVENTS Thursday, March 14, 2024 Lady Raiders Softball @ Hamilton County, 6:00pm Varsity Friday, March 15, 2024 Lady Raiders Softball @ Raines, 6:00pmVarsity Saturday, March 16, 2024 Raiders Track & Field @ Bob Hayes Invitational, Jacksonville ***If you would like to donate to Raiders Athletics, please contact Earl Hankerson, Athletic Director
at [log in to unmask].
Encourage your students to be the best part of Raiders Athletics. ONE NATION...RAIDER NATION!!! |
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***AVID/IB Monthly FOCUS – Strategies for Academic Growth*** AVID Strategy –
READING - Students will make
connections between texts, self and the world. Students will navigate and comprehend rigorous texts. Students will evaluate information from a variety of formats. Students will organize and apply text-based learning.
IB LEARNER PROFILE FOCUS – PRINCIPLED – Students act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness and justice, and with respect for the dignity and rights
of people everywhere. Students take responsibility for our actions and their consequences.
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Personnel are public records available to the public and media upon request. E-mail sent or received on the LCSB system will be considered public and will only be withheld from disclosure if deemed confidential pursuant to State Law. Individual student records
are deemed confidential.